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One Day name | Worcestershire Rapids | ||
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Personnel | |||
Captain | Brett D'Oliveira | ||
Coach | Alan Richardson | ||
Overseas player(s) | Yadvinder Singh | ||
Team information | |||
Founded | 1865 | ||
Home ground | New Road | ||
Capacity | 5,500 | ||
History | |||
First-class debut | Yorkshire in 1899 | ||
Championship wins | 5 | ||
Pro40 wins | 4 | ||
FP Trophy wins | 1 | ||
VitalityHealth Twenty20 Cup wins | 1 | ||
B&H Cup wins | 1 | ||
Official website | WCCC | ||
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Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Worcestershire. Its Vitality Blast T20 team has been rebranded the Worcestershire Rapids, but the county is known by most fans as 'the Pears'. The club is based at New Road, Worcester. Founded in 1865, Worcestershire held minor status at first and was a prominent member of the early Minor Counties Championship in the 1890s, winning the competition three times. In 1899, the club joined the County Championship and the team was elevated to first-class status.[1] Since then, Worcestershire have played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England except the 1919 County Championship.